The Smart Fork

Today I learned about an electronic smart fork. It is supposed to help you improve your eating habits by telling you to slow down if you are eating too fast and it tells you to stop eating if you have eaten too much. Personally, I would have to smash that thing with my hammer, run over it with my van and then burn it. However, I am sure there are plenty of people out there who might find it helpful. It’s official name is the HAPIlab’s electronic HAPIfork. This particular fork cues you by vibration. The fork measures time between bites and how long it takes you to finish a meal. HAPllabs offers an app for food coaching. You can store your eating habits on a USB drive. The fork doesn’t know everything. It doesn’t know if you are eating a salad or a big slice of chocolate pie so it won’t tell you how many calories you are consuming. Below is short video on the “revolutionary” device. If anyone is thinking about giving me one of these . . . don’t. (LOL)

The Smart Fork is not for me but if you would like one, you can get yours here.

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Letters To God: A Family Movie

If you are looking for a movie which teaches faith, hope, endurance, and strength, Letters To Godis the movie for you. It is truly one of the best movies I have ever seen. Once you rent or purchase the movie, you will need to be sure to have tissues handy before you begin the film. Within the first few minutes, you will find yourself laughing, crying, and laughing and crying at the same time. You will likely remain in that state throughout the entire movie. Letters To God is a movie to be viewed by the entire family.

A young boy, Tyler Doherty (played by Tanner McGuire) battles cancer with the strength, courage, and hope that is rare in the life of anyone in his circumstances, especially in the life of a child. During Tyler’s battle, he writes letters to God which are really his prayers in written form.

Tyler mails his letters to God and they end up in the hands of his mailman, Brady McDaniels (played by Jeffery S. S. Johnson) who is suffering trials of his own. Jeffery does not know what to do with the letters at first, but he develops a relationship with Tyler and his family, including Tyler’s mom (played by Robyn Lively). Tyler’s mother, grandmother (played by Maree Cheatham), and brother, Ben (played by Michael Christopher Bolton) all work together to remain strong for Tyler while facing their own feelings of neglect, selfishness, fatigue, and even doubt. Their faith is challenged.

I don’t want to spoil your movie watching experience so I will not reveal too much information beyond what I have already explained except to say that Tyler’s faith influences so many others around him, especially Brady, the mailman.

Within this remarkable movie, faith is challenged, the gospel is shared with viewers, decisions are made, lives are changed, and faith prevails.

Our trip to the Creation Museum was quiet an adventure. It rained on us all the way there and all the way back. The rains were torrential. There were times when we could barely see in front of us. I kept waiting for Noah to float by and bring us back home on the Ark. We are home safe and sound and I have taken a few days to catch up around here. Now, for the photos! (All photos are my own. If you share them, please reference this blog and provide a link back to this blog post. Thank you.)

Photos From Our Trip to the Creation Museum

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The Creation Museum: Main Entrance

There are a lot of dinosaur exhibits at the museum. This one is displayed in the main entrance area. It’s not the best photo. I was in a hurry to get to the planetarium. The planetarium show, Fire in the Sky, was about to begin. Fire in the Sky is a show about how asteroids prove “Intelligent Design.” It is a must see.

The Creation Museum: Archeologist Exhibit

One of the first things I noticed was the life-like manikins – and I do mean LIFELIKE. Before arriving at the museum, I saw a photo similar to this one in a brochure. I thought they had brought a huge chunk of earth containing fossils into the museum to show visitors how fossils are collected. I didn’t realize until we entered into this area that the “people” in the photo are actually manikins. They looked so real! Even though these geologists aren’t real people, the display does show visitors how fossils are safely collected.

Creation Museum: Universe Chart

The museum is filled with beautifully organized charts which make it easy to understand the validity of the Bible from Genesis to Revelations and how history and science provide profound evidence of Biblical accounts and Intelligent Design.

A Piece of the Scroll Mentioned in the Photo Above This One

I couldn’t get over how real the manikins were.

The Creation Museum: Before the Fall of Man

When you visit the museum, you will walk through an area which depicts what life on earth was like for Adam, Eve and the rest of creation before the fall of man. You will notice beautiful animals and gardens. Oh, how I wish we could still live like that.

The Serpent

The next area of the museum depicts life here on earth after the fall of man, after Eve was deceived and after she and Adam ate from the forbidden tree.

This spider looked way too real!

God declared that men would have to work hard for their food. Unlike before the fall, weeds would begin to grow.

God declared that women would experience great pain during childbirth. Having gone through 4 deliveries of my own, I always said I would have a word with Eve when I get to Heaven.

These “men” depict workers who made fun of Noah for building such a big boat on dry land.

Man became so sinful that God decided to destroy the earth by flood. He commanded a righteous man named Noah to build an Ark. He was given specific instructions about how to build it and how many animals to house on board. Only Noah’s family and a specific number of animals, 2 or 7 (depending on the animal) – male and female – would be saved from the flood waters.

Noah and His Son

Both large and small scale models depict what life might have been like aboard the Ark during the flood.

The Ark’s Levels

Children enjoy interactive devices to help them learn about Noah and the flood. Touch-screens are available around the Ark area of the museum.

Children learn about dinosaurs and other theories. They will read popular questions about creation and then lift the knobs to find Biblical answers. Each answer is supported with scripture.

Outside the museum is a beautiful garden. Guests can enjoy walking across bridges, over streams, and enjoy pretty little waterfalls.

Unfortunately, the rainy weather didn’t allow us near as much time in the garden as we would have liked. Our journey through the garden was cut short. We decided to leave a little early and go into the city of Cincinnati, Ohio for dinner. The Creation Museum is located in Petersburg, Kentucky. The city of Cincinnati is only a few minutes away.

If you would like to plan your own trip to the Creation Museum, visit the Creation Museum website for more information.

Place rice and broth in 3-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; stir. Place cabbage on top; do NOT stir. Cover; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 15 minutes or until rice and cabbage is tender

Meanwhile, cook beef and onion in large skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until beef is crumbled and no longer pink, stirring occasionally. Drain.

Stew chicken breasts and allow to cool. Reserve 2 cups of broth. Remove chicken from the bone and tear into small pieces. Place chicken pieces into shallow 3 quart baking dish. Combine soups and 1 cup of broth and pour over the chicken.

Steam chicken until tender. Cut chicken into chunks. Cook broccoli until almost done. Butter casserole dish. Place one layer of chicken chunks in bottom of dish. Add a layer of broccoli. Add a layer of bread crumbs, enough to cover the top of broccoli and chicken. Mix together soups, mayonnaise, curry powder, lemon juice, and shredded cheddar cheese. Pour mixture over top of bread crumbs.

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